- Title
- Legal ethics education in South Africa: possibilities, challenges and opportunities
- Creator
- Robertson, Michael, Kruuse, Helen
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68941
- Identifier
- vital:29341
- Identifier
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02587203.2016.1210934
- Description
- Publisher version
- Description
- The South African legal profession has been subject to harsh criticism in the last few years, leading to what some have called ‘an ethical crisis.’ Although this perception may or may not be warranted, there have been numerous calls for improved ethical legal practices by South African lawyers. This article seeks to contribute to a discussion about the importance of implementing legal ethics education in South African law schools. The authors (a) explore the meaning of ‘ethical legal practice’ by reference to the international literature; (b) examine the way in which legal ethics has so far been presented in the limited South African literature on the topic; (c) argue the need for a more thorough and critical literature on South African lawyers’ ethics, coupled with a commitment to developing a stronger legal ethics culture within the profession and the legal academia; and (d) suggest a possible approach for South African legal ethics education in the future, with reference to recent developments in other countries.
- Format
- 32 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Relation
- South African Journal on Human Rights, Robertson, M. & Kruuse, H. (2016) Legal ethics education in South Africa: possibilities, challenges and opportunities, South African Journal on Human Rights, 32:2, 344-374, DOI: 10.1080/02587203.2016.1210934, South African Journal on Human Rights volume 32 number 2 344 374 2016 0258-7203
- Rights
- Taylor & Francis
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the South African Journal on Human Rights
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